The extended-range electric vehicle is no longer just a rumor. We have put tremendous design and engineering resources in place to make this vehicle a reality.

The Concept Chevy Volt, with its revolutionary E-Flex Propulsion System, will be different than any previous
electric vehicle because it will use a lithium-ion battery
with a variety of range-extending onboard power
sources, including gas and, in some vehicles, E85
ethanol(1) to recharge the battery while driving.

When it comes to plugging in, the Volt will be designed to use a common 110–volt household plug. For someone who drives less than 40 miles a day, Chevy Volt will use zero gasoline and produce zero emissions.(2) For longer trips, Chevy Volt’s range-extending power source kicks in to recharge the lithium-ion battery pack as required.

Just released: An interview with Sammy Rogers. Learn how Sammy made over $250 in July just sitting in the sun.

Glenn

America is addicted to foreign oil.

It’s an addiction that threatens our economy, our environment and our national security. It touches every part of our daily lives and ties our hands as a nation and a people.

The addiction has worsened for decades and now it’s reached a point of crisis.

In 1970, we imported 24% of our oil.
Today it’s nearly 70% and growing.

As imports grow and world prices rise, the amount of money we send to foreign nations every year is soaring. At current oil prices, we will send $700 billion dollars out of the country this year alone — that’s four times the annual cost of the Iraq war.

Projected over the next 10 years the cost will be $10 trillion — it will be the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind.

America uses a lot of oil. Every day 85 million barrels of oil are produced around the world. And 21 million of those are used here in the United States.

That’s 25% of the world’s oil demand. Used by just 4% of the world’s population.

Can’t we just produce more oil?

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Gasoline prices jump 1.6 cents, rising for the first time in 10 days, as Hurrican Ike bears down on the Lone Star state.

NEW YORK  CNNMoney.com) — Gasoline prices rose for the first time in 10 days as Hurricane Ike bears down on the Texas coast, according to a nationwide survey of gas station credit card swipes.

The average price of regular unleaded gasoline rose 1.6 cents to $3.668 a gallon from $3.652 a day earlier, motorist group AAA said Wednesday. The last time gas prices rose was Aug. 31 as Hurricane Gustav forced workers to abandon offshore oil rigs ahead of that storm.

Forecasters are currently predicting Ike will hit Texas late Friday or early Saturday as a major Category 3 hurricane but the storm remains unpredictable.

Gas prices jumped 1.7 cents to $3.532 a gallon in Texas. Prices also popped higher in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Louisiana, Florida and the Carolinas. Nationwide, Alaska and Hawaii remained the two states with gas prices still tracking above $4 a gallon.

The cheapest gas continues to be found in New Jersey, where prices averaged $3.421 a gallon. Crude prices have trended lower amid heightened concern about weakening demand and in reaction to the slew of storms and hurricanes.

Oil prices continue to hover around their lowest level in five months. On Tuesday, crude futures for October delivery tumbled more than $3 a barrel to $103.26 — their lowest close since April 1.

Early Wednesday, prices were little changed at $103.30 as nervous investors awaited the government’s latest reading on oil and gas supplies and following OPEC’s announced production cuts.

Meanwhile, gas remains about 11%, or 44 cents, below the record high average of $4.114 that AAA reported on July 17, but they are still 85 cents above this time last year. To top of page